My latest collaborative project with my wife.

Short post today, because I am exhausted... It's been a long weekend, but I wanted to share the completion (or the beginning) of my latest collaboration with my wife, Amy. Baby Olivia was born on Friday morning at 9:30 in the morning. Beautiful little girl with more hair than Abby had when she was one.
It's been a wonderful, slow weekend with plenty of time spent with the girls. Holding Olivia, and playing with Abby, chatting with my parents, and repainting the kitchen with my Mom. It's going to be a bit for us the adjust to this new rhythm, but Abby seems to be taking a shine to her new sister (or at least she's curious about her, Ha-ha-ha!) so hopefully that's a good sign that the transition will go smoothly.
I think I have to mow the lawn tomorrow...Hopefully it just rains, instead.

Until next time, take care and be good.
Your friend,
Jeffrey

One More Picture 002: Laumeier Sculpture Park

You might have noticed that today is a One MO picture, instead of Daily Life. I've got a reason for that, Ha-ha-ha! The Norton on my computer decides to scan every Monday night, and this just kills the processor speed... Which makes painting on the computer take longer than it needs to. I know what you're saying, why don't I just do the painting before Monday nite? Well, as my friend Crystal would say about me... I don't seem like a procrastinator, but I am.

So. This week, One MO Picture is the front steps of the main building at Laumeier Sculpture Park, in Saint Louis. On our first date, Amy and I went here, and there was a wedding. Then three years later, we got married here too. This picture was taken on a wet day in February of this year, and I got in trouble for letting Abby wear her new sandals... they got muddy. Fortunately, Amy had the foresight to make me change her out of her (also new) white dress sandals. I think my wife thinks I'm an idiot sometimes... I guess that maybe sometimes I do have to give her that one.

Until next time,
Take care and be good!

One MO Picture 001: Penguins at the St. Louis Zoo

My wife loves penguins. This past weekend, we went down to the St. Louis Zoo to see the Penguin Parade that they do every Sunday in the winter. It was the perfect day for it, too. A sunny 40 degrees with no wind, and it was Super-Bowl Sunday too, so it wasn't too busy. The parade was pretty cool... Abby wanted so badly to run out and play with the penguins, and got mad that Mom was holding the back of her coat so she couldn't.

These guys weren't actually in the parade, but Abby had a lot of fun pressing up against the glass and talking to them!